Hibernian and St. Johnstone have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premiership.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hibernian form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Hibernian at their home stadium (Easter Road Stadium) is 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
Hibernian faced defeat in their previous match, away at Aberdeen (1-3). Before that game, the home loss against Hearts with the scoreline 1-3.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hibernian handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and one defeat.
The Hibernian fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 15 league matches. Hibernian's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Playing away, St. Johnstone have won 3 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premiership this season. St. Johnstone has drawn their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. St. Johnstone goalkeeper Zander Clark is eager to challenge this, with his 199 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
St. Johnstone won their last game, 1-0 versus Livingston played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus St. Mirren that ended 0-0.
St. Johnstone are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
The attacking power of St. Johnstone when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 13 league matches away. St. Johnstone have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result St. Johnstone - Hibernian 1-4 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hibernian three wins, four draws and St. Johnstone three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Doidge 12 goals |  C. Hendry 7 goals |  S. May 6 goals |
Hibernian missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Hibernian | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 42 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 28 |
| 49 | 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 20 | 46 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 85% | 90% |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 54% | 62% |
| 67% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 45% |
| 33% | 47% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 34% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 14% |
| 67% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 45% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 28% |
| 20% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 46% | 38% |
| 4.7 | 5.9 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 6.3 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 274 | 165 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 108 | 266 |
| 121 | 71 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 35 | 100 |
| 35% | 37% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 28% |
- Hibernian has the most dropped points from leading position (26)
- Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hibernian have scored at least twice as many goals at home as St. Johnstone have scored away.
- Hibernian have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (9) away
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 45 | 67 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | Hearts | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -21 | 23 |